Get all the product attributes which are searchable
{code type=php}select a.attribute_code from eav_attribute a inner join catalog_eav_attribute b on a.attribute_id = b.attribute_id where b.is_searchable = 1;{/code}
Get product type from product SKU or ID
{code type=php}$product = Mage::getModel(‘catalog/product’)->load($product_id);
//$product = Mage::getModel(‘catalog/product’)->loadByAttribute(‘sku’,$product_sku);
$productType = $product->getTypeId(); //gives simple, configurable, bundled, grouped, etc..{/code}
Check whether request is coming from frontend or backend
{code type=php}if(Mage::app()->getStore()->isAdmin() && Mage::getDesign()->getArea() == ‘adminhtml’){
//request is from backend/admin
} else {
//request is NOT from backend/admin
}{/code}
Check if there are any items in cart or not
{code type=php}$totalItemsInCart = Mage::helper(‘checkout/cart’)->getItemsCount();{/code}
Check if Module is installed or not
{code type=php}$moduleExists = Mage::getConfig()->getNode(‘modules/Namespace_Module’); //returns YES or NO{/code}
Get current package and frontend theme name
{code type=php}$currentPackage = Mage::getSingleton(‘core/design_package’)->getPackageName();
$currentTheme = Mage::getSingleton(‘core/design_package’)->getTheme(‘frontend’);{/code}
Get store contact telephone
{code type=php}$storePhone = Mage::getStoreConfig(‘general/store_information/phone’);{/code}
Get store timezone
{code type=php}$storeTimezone = Mage::getStoreConfig(‘general/locale/timezone’);{/code}
Get the title of CMS static block
{code type=php}$block = Mage::getModel(‘cms/block’)->load($blockID);
echo $block->getTitle();{/code}
Get all the children of a block in PHTML
{code type=php}$children = $this->getChild();
Mage::log($children->getData());{/code}
Check if this is category page or product page
{code type=php}$req = Mage::app()->getFrontController()->getRequest()->getControllerName();
if($req == ‘category’) {
$cat = Mage::registry(‘current_category’);
} elseif($req == ‘product’) {
$prod = Mage::registry(‘current_product’);
}{/code}
Get first and/or last item from collection
{code type=php}$firstItem = $collection->getFirstItem(); Mage::log($firstItem->getData());
$lastItem = $collection->getLastItem(); Mage::log($lastItem->getData());{/code}
Check if there are any cross-sell products attached to a product
{code type=php}$crosssell = $product->getCrossSellProducts();
if(count($crosssell)) {
//product have cross-sell products…
}{/code}
Get all active payment methods
{code type=php}$activePayMethods = Mage::getModel(‘payment/config’)->getActiveMethods();{/code}
Get all active shipping carriers
{code type=php}$activeCarriers = Mage::getSingleton(‘shipping/config’)->getActiveCarriers();{/code}
Error: Index process is working now. Please try run this process later
This error generally comes when Magento was re-indexing one of the indexes and it failed in between. The solution is to remove the relevant index lock at: magento/var/locks/index_process*.lock